Kerry FC Welcome Treaty United For Friday Night Football

Ivan Hurley previews the game at Mounthawk Park on Friday night where Kerry FC take on Treaty United…

Tomorrow night sees Kerry at home for the third straight Friday night in a row with the Munster Derby clash against Treaty United, ending a busy couple of weeks in succession for Mounthawk Park.

It’s a run of games that has seen Kerry earn just one of a possible six points on home soil, so Colin Healy and his players will be hoping to make that 4 of 9 come 9:30 pm tomorrow.

Three home Fridays in a row leaves the Kingdom with 3 away weekends on the bounce, with a tie against league leaders sandwiched in between on the May Day bank holiday.

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Kerry come into this one in 9th place, just a point ahead of the visitors, who sit bottom on 6 points from 9 games. So points for either side will be highly sought after to keep in touch with those ahead and the vital play-off places.

It’s always an even contest between the sides, and in 13 meetings, 6 have ended all square, more than either side has wins in the contest. If the meeting earlier in the season was anything to go by, the 2-2 draw in the Markets Field had it all.

Now, in the last 6 meetings between the sides, 4 of these ended in draws. Overall, the fixture has led to 6 draws in 13 League of Ireland meetings. The last three meetings have ended in draws in both Mounthawk Park (1) and the Markets Field (2).

Colin Healy has a few injury concerns to tend to ahead of the game tomorrow evening. Kieran Cooney has a hamstring issue, which has him sidelined.

Matt Connor’s groin injury is being assessed and is closer to a return. Harry Halwax is also nearing a return following his injury away to Cork last Monday. Niall Brookwell and Vince Borden return from suspension and are available for selection

Colin Healy said: “We want to win every game, look, it’s always been tight between ourselves and Treaty. Up there, we conceded late and dropped points. We know it will be a tough game on Friday night. It will all come down to what we do on the night. If we can go and perform, I think we can go and get the 3 points.”